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04 September 2013

My crazy US haul

Having had a job for a quite a few weeks now and seeing my bank balance looking quite healthy, I may have taken it as a sign to splurge just a tiny bit...ish. I thought I'd share what I've purchased, as I don't think I'll be doing one of these massive hauls for a very long time, as I'll be saying hello to adulthood and a lifetime of debt (a.k.a mortgage) shortly (it secretly makes me want to cry... I don't want to grow up :( ) Anyway... this is what I bought.

1. MAC cosmetics

I purchased the duo pro palette because it was dirt cheap ($8.00). I also purchased the eye brows crayon in Spiked, as I loved the one that Jenny from The Shopping Queen gave me for our swap but wanted one a shade darker (read here). I decided to get some products to fill my palette up, so I purchased the sculpting powder in Sculpt, shaping powder in Accentuate, and powder blush in Fleur Power.

2. Sephora

This is some of the products that I ordered from Sephora. There are some products that I won't show, as I'm planning on keeping them aside for a giveaway that should be happening fairly soon (I just realised how much lip products I saved for the giveaway again). Having said that, there is an item or two in the picture above that will probably be up for grabs. ;)

With my Sephora points, I redeemed this MUFE bag, which contains the HD powder, Sens'eye - a waterproof sensitive eye cleanser, HD primer, and aqua eyes. I will most likely be giving away a couple of these products in the giveaway as well.

3. GAP.com
So I really wanted to make an order from Victoria's Secret, but could not justify it, as there was no good coupons (I'm a tight arse...). Thankfully, Gap had a good deal on and relieved me of the urge to go clothing shopping. From memory, they had a 50% sale, so I picked up a jumper and a top for Mike, a white shrunken boyfriend shirt for myself (for work ;))....

a black skirt, black work pants (both also for work :P) and a 3/4 yoga-style pants from Old Navy (part of the GAP group).

4. Forever 21

I also decided to make a forever 21 order, after seeing the sequin love-heart jumper. I nearly talked myself out of it until I saw the other love-heart jumper. I could not resist! I love love-heart jumpers! I also picked up a houndstooth dress, which is perfect for work.

So that's it for my pretty massive US haul. I used HopShopGo as my parcel forwarder. They sent my parcels via express on Friday, and I received most of them (7 out of 9 parcels) on Monday! The other two parcels were actually Mike's, and one of them came today. Hopefully we'll get the other by Friday or I won't be too impressed.

Disclaimer: Please remember that I did not create this post to brag about what I bought, I just thought some people might be interested in what I have purchased, as I do love reading/looking at other people's hauls and feeling insanely jealous.

27 comments:

Oooo I love your Sephora haul! Having a job and seeing a healthy bank account always gives people the itch to spend, and when they do they go a bit crazy! How much did you have to pay for shipping (I think I remember seeing somewhere you used Hopshopgo?).

It ended up costing USD$88.64 for all 9 parcels. 2 of which are the fiance's tools. I have absolutely no self-control now that I'm working. There HAS to be some perks to waking up at such an ungodly hour and working my arse off 5 times a week.

I think they're still $8! And the palette inserts are $2. I ordered 2 blush ones but they're on backorder till next month. I can't wait that long. I have zero patience when it comes to beauty products... or food.

Wow! What a haul! Really curious about the mail forwarding service but too scared to try it because once i do...i'll never turn back LOLI recently got my hands on that same tarte blush and i love it so much. hope you review the lorac palette ^^

What a gorgeous haul, Abby! I loved reading it! I've been thinking about using Hop, Shop and Go for a bit but I really do have too much makeup (including lots I haven't touched yet), so I feel a bit naughty! I've had my HS&G account forever but have yet to use it! Is it easy and straightforward?